Michael Shatny.

Software Developer · Methodology Engineer

Tools, languages, runtimes and frameworks for AI systems where intent survives.

shatny.dev · Canada · 2026

32 papers 13 packages 342 cases 55 articles 121 repos
The short version
record semanticintent.ai — the research record: four lines of work, each with its status ideas semanticintent.dev — the papers and essays behind the work flagship ABSORB — find where your changes wait; a free assessment that runs in your browser
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Release ABSORB — finds where your changes wait: a delivery-readiness assessment that runs entirely in your browser · free, offline, built to be proven wrong v0.2.0 · DOI · Nov 2 Article The Wait Did Not Get Faster — coding got 3× faster, delivery 1.25×; the gain is in the waiting · electric motors on steam-era shafting, again 9 min · Nov 3 Paper Capability-as-Infrastructure — software on demand: the capability persists, the application is compiled · fourth in the as-Infrastructure series v0.1.0 · DOI · Oct 17 Article The File Stores No Customers — twenty-eight lines declare a CRM that does not exist yet · like a tree’s cambium, the layer that persists carries nothing itself 9 min · Oct 17 Case Now the Work Begins — one month after 719 machine-written proofs, 102 human papers rewrote, built on or questioned them · with a work board UC-342 · Nov 5
Analytical Framework 8 items
GDD Governance-Driven Design — formalize intent before the machine runsTDD → DDD → BDD → GDD Discipline
ABSORB Delivery-readiness assessment — finds where changes wait, so faster AI coding becomes faster delivery Assessment
Cormorant Foraging Sound / Space / Time — intelligence systems organized by physical dimension Framework
6D Foraging Cascade analysis across six business dimensions — 2–11× multipliers revealed Methodology
CAL Cascade Analysis Language — methodology compiled into executable DSL syntax Language
DRIFT Gap measurement between methodology score and performance score Formula
FETCH Action decision engine — EXECUTE / WATCH / HOLD from cascade signal Formula
GESA Generative Episodic Simulated Annealing — the optimization layer that learns Algorithm
Intelligence Systems 4 items
ChirpIQX Sound dimension — NHL fantasy-hockey intelligence from public data, 23 tools, no account; read_ice feeds Sepiola MCP Server
Sepiola WebMCP telestrator for ChirpIQX — the analyst decides, the pen draws, the screen has no opinions WebMCP Screen
PerchIQX Space dimension — database schema intelligence and structural mapping MCP Server
Wake Intelligence Time dimension — 5-layer temporal memory brain for AI agents MCP Server
Infrastructure Primitives 12 items
RECALL COBOL-inspired publishing language — source is the artifact, authorship is compile-time Compiler
CROC Contextual Retrievable Organizational Corpus — institutional knowledge assembled from what exists Framework
Rune Protocol @ ~ ! ? — four-sigil reactive binding grammar, bounded-complete Protocol
EMBER Artifact language for agent pipelines — .sil files both humans and agents read Language
Mere Workbook format — screens, state, behavior, data in one portable file Format
FORGE Fire-Once, Receive, Go, Execute — delivery pattern for sovereign intelligence products Pattern
PACE Pattern for Agentic Conversational Experience — guide-first interface design Pattern
LogParseIQX Local log intelligence — pre-filter, compact, local LLM, voice input — operational reasoning that stays on device CLI · Python
Signet OAuth 2.1 Authorization Server — spec-compliant identity layer for a personal MCP fleet, single-owner, Cloudflare Workers Auth
Orbweaver Semantic visual structures for declarative systems — diagrams without coordinates, layout as derivation not authorship Library
Trailant Local-first trail index for AI coding sessions — resume, self-log, and cadence tracking across Claude Code and Codex CLI CLI · Python
Session Switcher Claude Code mod — a taggable switcher over your sessions, an activity strip of when each was busy, resume in place; installs from its own marketplace Claude Mod
Pipelines 4 items
Phoenix Seven-agent legacy modernization pipeline — extract intent, rebuild from zero Pipeline
Strata Five-agent database archaeology pipeline — Schema Signal → Classifier Pipeline
ForageCast Audio-driven animation engine — YAML config → lip-synced mascot video Pipeline
REACH + OCTO Declare intent · Claude compiles · live systems answer — local workflow for Windows Runtime
Platforms 2 items
Semantic Intent The research record — GDD, Phoenix, Governed Colleague and ABSORB, each with its status and evidence Research
MillPond PACE pattern in practice — AI-guided storefront where conversation replaces catalog PACE
Case Library 342 cases
StratIQX · 342 cases 6D cascade analysis applied to real events — every claim cited, every score verifiable Library
Writing & Research 8 items
semanticintent.dev Ideas, papers and essays — the methodology stack behind the work, from Governance-Driven Design to ABSORB Site
Governance-Driven Design The organizing philosophy of the Semantic Intent ecosystem — pre-execution discipline for AI-first delivery Article
Capability-as-Infrastructure Software on demand — declared capabilities and their continuity record persist; applications are compiled, maintained and replaced Paper · DOI
The Telestrator Pattern Sepiola as the worked example — a WebMCP page that shows rather than does; three roles, one invariant, six findings from building it Paper · DOI
Articles 55 long-form pieces on semantic intent, agentic systems, and AI-first design Writing
Zenodo Papers 32 open-access records — ORCID-linked, DOI-stamped, citable Research
GitHub 121 repositories · 3,410 contributions in the last year Code
npm 12 npm · 1 PyPI — RECALL, Phoenix, CAL, Wake, EMBER, Strata, Mere, Chirp, Orbweaver, and more Packages